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80ktsClamp 04-13-2010 07:42 PM


Originally Posted by newKnow (Post 795593)
I would like to take this opportunity to point out that we are no that different.

Some on the North complained about:

1.) The Captains not calling for flap extension.
2.) Only getting one usable release.

Some on the South complained about:

1.) "Brakes set. Pressures normal."
2.) Both pilots responding to the shutdown checklist.

Both got told by the other side to deal with it! :eek:

Here's to being, "Shut up and row!" brothers to the end. :D


A-men!


A big topic in the meeting today as communicating "what the south says vs. what the south means" in the manuals.

The cultural differences will take some time to work out- there was actually a 3-page "rosetta stone" put out to the 755 guys translating what the book says and what we say we do vs. what normally happens on the line.

It will work itself out over time as we cross pollinate more and the cultures meld.

forgot to bid 04-13-2010 07:42 PM


Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 795596)
Used to fly with a guy who briefed that most FO's would be better if replaced with a Magazine Rack and that Flight Attendants were only on board because Vending Machines were too heavy.

What if the FA isn't lighter than a vending machine?

Bill Lumberg 04-13-2010 07:42 PM

I flew into MSP today from ATL and had a break and went down to the crewroom under F11? Anyway, some DL-N pilots were upset with the new AWABS system, and one said he had heard that we were going to go back to the former NWA system in 4 months, since it supposedly "saves more money" in gas savings. I stated I did not see that, since the cost indexes are lower on the new system, being in the teens compared to always 55 on some NWA software. I would think they will waste more money training the majority of DL pilots (S guys) to the NWA system, and more paper, since I watched a DC-9 crew in MEM get their paper work last week and it seemed like a ton.

newKnow 04-13-2010 07:42 PM


Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 795586)
You real men on the 9 shouldn't even need a release. Just sit down, pimp slap the FO a couple times, squeeze the A-line's jugs, and then launch in the general direction of where you're going because the s-o-b will get there...always. Why will it get there? Because you have a hairy chest that would make hasslehoff jealous and brass balls clanging so loud that when you die they'll replace the bell in Big Ben with them.

Oh wait.... this isnt 1965 is it? :)

I can't come up with a snappy comeback 'cause I'm still laughing! :D

forgot to bid 04-13-2010 07:43 PM

I guess the Clamp Show is back! :D

Awesome, can you run that segment again about "Clamp Says the Darndest Things to Kids!"

That was good stuff.

80ktsClamp 04-13-2010 07:43 PM


Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 795596)
Used to fly with a guy who briefed that most FO's would be better if replaced with a Magazine Rack and that Flight Attendants were only on board because Vending Machines were too heavy.


I'm sure he was a peach to hang out with on the layovers. :)

He wear longsleeves?

forgot to bid 04-13-2010 07:47 PM

Look Clamp, a future DC-9 Captain:

http://geekadelphia.com/wp-content/u...rk_awesome.jpg

newKnow 04-13-2010 07:47 PM


Originally Posted by Bill Lumberg (Post 795600)
I flew into MSP today from ATL and had a break and went down to the crewroom under F11? Anyway, some DL-N pilots were upset with the new AWABS system, and one said he had heard that we were going to go back to the former NWA system in 4 months, since it supposedly "saves more money" in gas savings. I stated I did not see that, since the cost indexes are lower on the new system, being in the teens compared to always 55 on some NWA software. I would think they will waste more money training the majority of DL pilots (S guys) to the NWA system, and more paper, since I watched a DC-9 crew in MEM get their paper work last week and it seemed like a ton.

That's because we tell the agents we want paperwork 2X. :)

Ok, back to the response to 80....

Howgozit 04-13-2010 07:49 PM


Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 795586)
You real men on the 9 shouldn't even need a release. Just sit down, pimp slap the FO a couple times, squeeze the A-line's jugs, and then launch in the general direction of where you're going because the s-o-b will get there...always. Why will it get there? Because you have a hairy chest that would make hasslehoff jealous and brass balls clanging so loud that when you die they'll replace the bell in Big Ben with them.

Oh wait.... this isnt 1965 is it? :)


Finaly, respect for the Diezel drivers!

80ktsClamp 04-13-2010 07:53 PM


Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 795602)
I guess the Clamp Show is back! :D

Awesome, can you run that segment again about "Clamp Says the Darndest Things to Kids!"

That was good stuff.


Family Guy and being delirious from 2 days of kool-aid will do it.

http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Page...ol-aid-man.jpg


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